Film star calls for release of Cuban Five
Published Sep 25, 2008 9:03 PM
Actor Danny Glover sent the following message of solidarity on Sept. 13 to the concert “Five Stars and One Song” held in New York in support of the Cuban 5.
Weeks ago, I arranged my schedule to be with you tonight to support growing
national and global efforts to free the Cuban five patriots who have been
unjustly incarcerated by the U.S. government for defending their beloved fellow
Cuban citizens and their government from the heinous, murderous terrorist
attacks launched with impunity from the United States.
But, unfortunately I cannot be with you in person as my work and family
responsibilities require me to remain in California tonight.
However, I am with you in spirit and in committed actions to right the
injustice of imprisonment and isolation of the Cuban five from their
families.
We must bear witness to the courage and commitment of the Cuban five to rid the
world of terrorism with their heroic stand against the murderous plots and
bloody execution of terrorism launched from the United States against the
nation and people of Cuba.
We must bear witness and put a stop to the lies that these five Cuban patriots
worked as spies to undermine or damage the security of the United States and to
harm the American people.
We must bear witness and publicly denounce U.S. government violation of its own
laws against terrorism and its global call to prevent terrorism.
We must bear witness and publicly explain to all the American people who
honestly desire peace with justice that continued incarceration of the Cuban
five undermines our nation’s credibility in the war against terrorism and
tarnishes our nation’s reliability as a partner and honest broker in the
global pursuit of justice and peace.
As freedom and justice-loving Americans committed to civil, peaceful and fair
diplomatic negotiations of differences between governments, and committed to
mutual and respectful exchange among American and Cuban citizens, we must bear
witness to the highest ideals we profess about fairness and justice and
persuade our government, our elected officials, and our courts to exemplify
those attributes in practice, not in empty rhetoric, and give just due to the
Cuban five by releasing them to their country, their families, and their fellow
citizens.
Let us stand forth until liberty is won for the Cuban five.
—Danny Glover
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